The Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) is training some 50 tourism ambassadors from the Davao Region in preparation for the official launch of the ‘Philippine Experience’ project in the area later this month. The ‘Philippine Experience’ is the new promo…
Three new Wi-Fi sites were set up by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) in Passi City, Iloilo province on Tuesday, bringing to 48 the existing free internet connections in public places in Western Visayas. ‘They are rel…
Local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas are advised to identify and assess possible hazards to maximize the utilization of their local disaster risk reduction management funds (LDRRM) for the needed preparations. Western Visayas has major riv…
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) will release an action plan that will help address the population issues and challenges in the country. During the national data dissemination forum on the 2022 National Demographic and Health Surv…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former Sultan Kudarat governor Suharto Mangudadatu as Director General of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Malacañang announced Tuesday. Mangudadatu’s appointment was con…
The city government here is strictly monitoring the actions of Victorias Milling Company (VMC) on the water and air pollution caused by the molasses spill involving the country’s largest producer of refined sugar last May 5. Mayor Javier Miguel Benite…
The Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative II (NORECO II) will be collecting an additional Universal Charge-Missionary Electrification (UC-ME) Rate from its consumers starting in its next billing cycle to recover a shortfall of more than PHP4.8 billion …
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Tuesday filed criminal charges against 35 individuals before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the sinking of the M/T Princess Empress off Naujan town in Oriental Mindoro province on Feb. …
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is fast-tracking the construction of various infrastructures, particularly flood control structures in Nueva Ecija province. DPWH Regional Director Roseller Tolentino said on Tuesday that officials fr…
The Philippines pocketed two more golds after Ariel Joseph Alegarbes and Angel Mae Otom won their respective events in the swimming competition of the 12th ASEAN Para Games at the Morodok Aquatics Center here on Tuesday. Alegarbes set a new Games reco…
A conference to discuss progress made in preparation for Laos’ ASEAN Chairmanship 2024 was convened in Vientiane on June 1.Chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith who is also deputy head of the National Ste…
The Biological Diversity and Tourism event, Biotur-2023, scheduled from July 17 to 21 in the eastern province of Holguin, is being marketed with very good acceptance, according to organizers.Yoel Dominguez, director of the eastern branch of the Ecotur…
